Functional Reorganization of Visual Cortex Maps after Ischemic Lesions Is Accompanied by Changes in Expression of Cytoskeletal Proteins and NMDA and GABAA Receptor Subunits

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1812-1821

  Zepeda, Angelica ^a,b   Sengpiel, Frank ^b,c   Guagnelli, Miguel Angel ^a   Vaca, Luis ^a   Arias, Clorinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cat; Imaging techniques; Injury; Ischemia; Maps; Photochemical lesion; Plasticity; Receptors; Retinotopy; Sprouting; Unmasking; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROMODULIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MAPPING; CAT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GAP-43 PROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LIGHT COAGULATION; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 1442275744     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3213-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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